FSA

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has managed to reach several Final Decisions against IFAs over Arch cru, so why is it stalling on any investigation of the fund's multi-million pound authorised corporate director, Capita?

FSA enforcement staff were thought "helpful, flexible, courteous" and professional by firms they have investigated, but lacking in technical knowledge, the regulator has said.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) spent £3.4m more than expected on staff costs in 2010/11, as it took on extra contractors to carry out 'project activity'.

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (Biba) has presented a petition of nearly 7000 member signatures to Parliament demanding the acceleration of the review into the funding of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has issued a warning to consumers over pension reciprocation plans (PRPs) and other pension unlocking schemes.

The FSA has agreed to temporary arrangements for Barclays, Lloyds Banking Group and RBS to handle Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) complaints.

Plenty of news to digest once again after another busy week in the world of financial advice...

Up to 11 million additional people could seek financial advice if the aims of the retail distribution review (RDR) are explained to them properly, the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) estimates.

FSA guidance on giving pensions transfer advice to members of defined benefit occupational pension schemes as part of an enhanced transfer value (ETV) exercise is out of date, consultancy Aon Hewitt says.

The Investment Management Association (IMA) has called for an independent review into the collapse of Keydata and other investment firms and said the scale of recent failures has not been seen since the Barlow Clowes scandal of the 1980s.